Greetings, Sleepers!

Welcome to the 1.4 update! We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who provided valuable feedback in the PTC Discord server, especially those who helped test the new self-hosted servers. While we’ve made significant optimizations based on your input, this is still an early iteration of this feature, so we’ll continue to monitor reports and suggestions as we further refine it.

This update also comes with two new Overland Map locations, the industrial Water Waters DLC, and plenty of other changes and fixes.

Changes implemented during the Public Test Client testing are marked in blue.

– denotes changes made based on player feedback.

For the list of known issues, please visit our Discord server of Steam discussion boards.

1.4.0.0 Release Date: May 19, 2026
Last Update: June 3, 2026

Releases: 1.4.0.3 | 1.4.0.2 | 1.4.0.1 | 1.4.0.0

1.4.0.3 Hotfix

June 3, 2026

FIXES

Fixed an issue where a character transfer could fail with the F82 error.

1.4.0.2 Hotfix

May 26, 2026

FEATURES AND CHANGES

User Interface:

• Clarified text in the “Before You Leave“ character transfer warning. Now it covers both the vehicle backup and the vehicle disassembly and storage.

FIXES

Technical and stability:

• Fixed several issues that could cause character transfers to fail with an error.
• Fixed a client crash related to building pieces or reconstructed base placement under specific cirumustances.
• Fixed a client crash that could happen when a player interacted with UI dropdown elements on a controller.

Resources, Building, and Crafting:

• The Water Shippers Arch building piece now aligns properly with other building pieces.

Combat:

• Fixed an issue where characters affected by two or more attractor fields did not receive damage.

Graphics, Animations, and VFX:

Fixed an issue where Deep Desert sandstorms appeared yellow on the map.

1.4.0.1 Hotfix

May 21, 2026

FEATURES AND CHANGES

Technical and stability:

• Players won’t be able to copy their characters to Self-hosted Servers anymore when transferring. Instead, they will be moved to the target server and deleted from the origin server, just like regular transfers.

User Interface:

• Added a new confirmation pop-up message that appears when players attempt to transfer their characters from one world to another, but they still have vehicles or bases left in the world.
• The Custom tab on the Server Browser window was renamed to Private.

FIXES

Technical and stability:

• Fixed a server crash that should result in improved server stability.
• We’ve put in some measures to increase stability for servers that are seeing a new influx of players after Server Migrations.

Resources, Building, and Crafting:

• Fixed an issue where the Duneman Garage Door used the Smugglers Garage Door.
  • If you built a Duneman Garage Door after the release of 1.4.0.0, you need to demolish it and build a new (now correct) one.
• The Watershippers Wide Passageway should now require Granite instead of Plastone.
• Fixed an issue where the Combat Exoskeleton Chestpiece, Phantom Whisper Helm, and Phantom Whisper Chestpiece could not be crafted.
• Fixed an issue where the Penetrator, Hook Claw Gloves, Executor’s Boots, and Desert Garb uniques could not be crafted at grade five.
• The Water Shipper Roof Corner and Round Corner building pieces now snap correctly to other building pieces.
• Building pieces such as pillars and columns can now be connected to the outer “leg” of the Water Shipper Arch building piece.

Combat:

• Fixed an issue where the Lasgun Concentrator augment would apply the Rate of Fire decrease twice.
• Fixed an issue where the base stamina cost of dashing was 40 instead of 30.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs’ projectiles would fail to penetrate the Attractor Field used on them.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs used Suspensor Grenades in Testing Station 195.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue with a placeholder icon of the Mantle of the Hidden Hand variant.
• Removed an item category from the Exchange menu that belonged to future content.
• Fixed an issue with the missing Tray A Deez Salute (a.k.a. Awoo) emote for players who participated in the beta testing.
• Fixed an issue where the tech menu showed six grades for Salusan Vengeance instead of five.

Graphics, Animations, and VFX:

• Fixed an issue with Feyd’s Spare Blades animation and positioning.
• Fixed an issue where the Water Shipper Scout Ornithopter Variant’s interior displayed the wrong mesh.

1.4.0.0

May 19, 2026

Highlights

• 신규 오버랜드 맵! 
   
• 바람고개: 한때는 하코넨 기술 거점이었으나, 지금은 물 운송업자가 장악하고 있는 아라키스의 핵심 요충지입니다. 
   
• 오래된 채석장 실험소: 플레이어는 비밀 연구소에서 활동하는, 도덕적으로 의구심이 드는 과학자 잘란타 박사와 맞서게 됩니다. 
   
• 신규 장소는 새로 추가된 대귀족평의회 임무와 연결되어 있습니다. 
   
• 이제 자체 호스팅 서버를 이용할 수 있습니다! 플레이어의 기기에서 Dune: Awakening 듄 ：어웨이크닝 세계를 호스팅할 수 있게 된 것이죠. 이 기능은 아직은 초기 버전으로, 현재 팀은 더 다양한 서버 설정과 최적화를 추가하는 데 열중하고 있습니다. 서버 브라우저의 ‘실험용’ 탭에서 자체 호스팅 서버를 찾을 수 있습니다. 
   
• 플레이어가 랭크 20에서 소속 진영을 배신하면, 새로운 진영 콘텐츠를 다시 플레이해야 하는 문제를 수정했습니다. 

Features And Changes

New Feature: Self-Hosted Servers

• Self-hosted Servers are now available!
  • Self-hosted Servers are a way to host a Dune Awakening World on your own machine. This is an early iteration of the feature, and we are working on adding more server settings and various optimizations. You can find Self-hosted Servers on the “Experimental” tab in the server browser.
  • You can read the full technical documentation on how to set up a self-hosted server in our blog post.

Technical and Stability:

• Improved building replication performance on the client.
• Improved performance for player and vehicle cameras.
• Adjusted streaming distance on the Wreck of the Delphis for performance.
• Small memory improvement to fabricators, refineries and turbines.
• Improved Solido Projection Rendering when Depth of Field is enabled.

Resources, Building, and Crafting:

• Recycler inventory slots have been increased from 20 to 25 and the maximum volume storage has been increased from 100 to 300.
• Smugglers Building Set now contains a Prudence Door.

Combat:

• Changes to Abomination AI behavior so it becomes less aggressive; abominations should feel slightly easier to fight.
• Due to an issue, the Experimental Lightning Gun was able to fire 6 shots at a time instead of the expected 3. To keep the weapon feeling and handling the same, we’ve adjusted the damage and shield damage it deals to compensate for the additional amount of shots being fired. This should still allow it to be competitive with other weapons but not completely outclass them.

Worldbuilding and Exploration:

• NEW Overland Map locations:
  • The Wind Pass: Once a Harkonnen tech hub, now a key point in Arrakis’ water trade under the control of the Water Shippers.
  • The Old Quarry Testing Station: Players will confront the morally questionable scientist Dr. Jalanta, operating from a hidden laboratory. 
  • These locations also come with new Landsraad missions tied to them.
• Added a blocking volume around bankers in Arrakeen and Harko Village to stop players from blocking interaction with the bankers.

Graphics, Animations, and VFX:

• Improved visuals and performance of all explosion effects used in game.
• Added animation functionality for powering on placeables outside of base power.
• Improved Character Rendering in the inventory/main menu.
• Optimized and improved light animation on fireplaces.
• Various optimizations to ships in the sky and caves in Hagga Rift.
• Optimized VFX assets to decrease their memory usage.

Audio:

• Added unique audio for big garage doors.

Water Wars DLC:

The Water Wars DLC introduces a host of cosmetic items involving the Water Shippers. Here’s what is included:

• 52 Water Shippers pieces: Build a base to show off your industrial side.
• 18 Water Water Shippers Decoration pieces: Then don’t be afraid to show off some opulence with these.
• Water Shippers Stillsuit Set
• Water Shippers Light Armor Set
• Water Shippers Heavy Armor Set
• Water Shippers Weapon Variants
  • 1 x Melee
  • 1 x Ranged
• Water Shippers Ornithopter Variant
• Water Shippers Swatches
• Water Shippers Emotes
  • Water Shipper Salute
  • Freeze

Fixes

Technical and Stability:

• Improved recovery from crashing during dialogues. Multiple dialogues can now be resumed instead of just the last one.

Resources, Building, and Crafting:

• Fixed an issue that caused low-tier medical container to contain high-tier healkits.

Combat:

• Fixed Confidence ability not triggering when using Dual Blades.
• Fixed attractor field not redirecting damage of some weapons.

Worldbuilding and Exploration:

• Fixed the Smugglers Railing Gate so they can be crossed smoothly without getting blocked.
• More reliably cleaned up the corpses after a grand encounter beneath a roaring crowd in Outside the Law.

Story, Journey, and New Player Experience:

• Fixed an issue where players who betrayed their faction at rank 20 would have to replay faction content for their new faction.

User Interface:

• Corrected the tutorial pop-up for flying on the overland map to remove obsolete information.
• The “Dune Man Placeable Set” is now using the correct name of “Desert Mechanic Placeable Set.”
• Improved formatting of text in Respawn pop up.
• Fixed several minor typos across the game. 
• Fixed an issue where some augments where incorrectly shown with the rare effect on the inventory menu.

Graphics, Animations, and VFX:

• Fixed Base Reconstruction Tool so it’s always properly placed in the hand of the character after switching from a melee weapon.
• Cloth simulations have been improved in the cutscenes leading up to the Mating Index cinematic.
• Improved animation blending when bleeding and under other status effects.